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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Dverga 1III/8 — Bláinn ‘Bláinn’

Telk Mótsogni         ok Mjǫklituð,
Miðvið, Muninn         ok Mjǫðvitnir,
Blindviðr, Burinn,         Bumburr, Nýi,
Bívurr, Blávurr,         Bláinn ok Norðri.

Telk Mótsogni ok Mjǫklituð, Miðvið, Muninn ok Mjǫðvitnir, Blindviðr, Burinn, Bumburr, Nýi, Bívurr, Blávurr, Bláinn ok Norðri.

I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn and Mjǫðvitnir, Blindviðr, Burinn, Bumburr, Nýi, Bívurr, Blávurr, Bláinn and Norðri.

readings

[8] Bláinn ok Norðri: ‘[…]’ B, ‘blainn ok norðre’ 744ˣ

notes

[8] Bláinn: Cf. the adj. blár ‘black’; hence lit. ‘dark, black one’ (Motz 1973, 113). As the name of a dwarf, Bláinn is mentioned only here. According to Vsp 9/8 (NK 2) and Gylf (SnE 2005, 16), the dwarfs were made from Bláinn’s ‘limbs’ (leggiom), i.e. from stone.

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